Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Rinn, T. W. 1843 -
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)
T. W. Rinn, grocer, Covington, is a native of county Kerry, Ireland, where he
was born April 8, 1843. When he was three years old he was brought, by his
parents, to the United States. They first located in New York for a time, and
then removed to Ohio, and from that state to Indiana. Mr. Rinn received his
education at Attica, and at Earlham College, of Richmond, Indiana. In 1867 and
1868 he was in the west, principally in Montana, Nevada, Utah, California and
Wyoming. In the latter territory he had a contract with the Union Pacific
railroad to furnish ties. He returned from the west and located in Attica, where
he spent about one year clerking, and in 1869 he left that town and became a
resident of Covington, and engaged in merchandising. In 1878 he was the
democratic candidate for treasurer of Fountain county, but was defeated. The
same party have again made him their candidate for county sheriff, but this
contest, at present writing, is yet undecided.
Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,
TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,
GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.
BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.
WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.
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